The following companies may have
unusual price changes in Japanese trading today. Stock symbols
are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close.
The information in each item was released after markets shut,
unless stated otherwise.

Central Glass Co. (4044 JT): The glassmaker said it will
spend as much as 1.2 billion yen ($14 million) to buy back up to
1.4 percent of its shares. Net income for the three months ended
June 30 declined 33 percent to 616 million yen, while the
company booked a 8.5 percent increase in sales. The stock gained
3.3 percent to 342 yen.

Daiichikosho Co. (7458 JQ): The maker of karaoke equipment
said it will spend as much as 1.2 billion yen to buy buck up to
1.3 percent of its shares. First-quarter net income rose to 3.05
billion yen, compared with 2.77 billion yen a year earlier. The
stock advanced 0.2 percent to 1,297 yen.

Disco Corp. (6146 JT): The maker of abrasives and precision
machinery boosted its first-half net income forecast by 50
percent to 6.9 billion yen, citing a strong chip market in Asia.
The stock lost 2.2 percent to 4,800 yen.

Honda Motor Co. (7267 JT): The automaker will cut its
output in Japan by about 4 percent after the Sept. 30 expiration
of a government subsidy for environmentally friendly vehicles,
Nikkei English News reported. The stock declined 1.7 percent to
2,864 yen.

Inpex Corp. (1605 JT): Japan’s biggest energy explorer said
net income increased 23 percent to 32 billion yen in the quarter
ended June 30 as a surge in crude oil prices increased the value
of the fuels produced by the company. Separately, Inpex plans to
sell stakes totaling about 10 percent of its $20 billion Ichthys
liquefied natural gas project in Australia to raise money to
fund the project, according to Director Masahiro Murayama. The
stock retreated 0.6 percent to 423,500 yen.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011 JT): The Japanese
machinery maker and Vienna-based engineering company Ivicom
Consulting GmbH signed a 20-year land lease with Montenegro to
build a 50-megawatt wind farm in the southeastern European
country, according to an Aug. 5 statement from the Montenegrin
Economy Ministry. Mitsubishi Heavy rose 0.6 percent to 326 yen.

Mitsui High-Tec Inc. (6966 JT): The machinery-parts maker
said it expects a net loss of 1 billion yen for the year ending
January, citing asset disposal. It previously projected a 200
million yen gain. The stock sank 1.9 percent to 570 yen.

Miraca Holdings Inc. (4544 JT): The drugmaker said
operating profit for the three months ended June 30 rose 17
percent to 6.08 billion yen from 5.18 billion yen a year earlier.
The stock gained 0.8 percent to 2,618 yen.

Nagoya Railroad Co. (9048 JT): The rail company’s net
income for the April-to-June period jumped 79 percent to 1.65
billion yen, while the company posted a 1 percent drop in sales.
The stock was unchanged at 256 yen.

Toshiba Corp. (6502 JT), Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501 JT):
The companies and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation
reached new terms with Canada’s Uranium One Inc. that will end
the Japanese group’s investment in exchange for a long-term
uranium supply Contract. Toshiba fell 1.6 percent to 437 yen.
Tokyo Electric Power rose 0.2 percent to 2,420 yen.